Person
Waterhouse, Henry (1770 - 1812)
- Born
- 1770
- Died
- 27 July 1812
England - Occupation
- Naval officer
Summary
Henry Waterhouse spent the years 1788-1791 and 1795-1800 in New South Wales. In 1796 he took the Reliance, of which he was commander, to the Cape of Good Hope to buy stock for the colony. His purchases included 26 Spanish sheep, the first merino sheep to be imported into New South Wales.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Parsons, Vivienne, 'Waterhouse, Henry (1770-1812), naval officer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 573-574. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020523b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5729908. Details
- 'Waterhouse, Henry (1770-1812)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467980. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_w.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 July 2012
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